Redbourn

Other current and historical names

Redborn
Redburn
Redborne

Built-Up Area: Redbourn
Parish/Community: Redbourn
District/Borough: St. Albans
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°47'59"N 0°23'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 510686, 212461
OS Grid: TL106124
Mapcode Local: GBR H7N.2NC
Mapcode Global: VHFS1.21W0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Redbourn within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Redbourn in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Redbourn, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herts, on river Ver, 4½ miles NW. of St Albans by road and 4½ miles NE. of Hemel Hempstead by rail, 4563 ac., pop. 2177; P.O., T.O.; has silk mills; near vil. is Redbourn House, seat; a cell to St Alban's Abbey was founded here in the 12th century.

Redbourn in the Domesday Book

A village in Danish hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £30 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs
- Woodland: 300 pigs
- Mills: 2, value £1 6/-
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Amalgar (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 cottagers
- Woodland: 200 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 17/2½ in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the hunter, Earl Leofwin's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lisieux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Redbourn, Hertfordshire

Redbourn is a village in Hertfordshire

Redbourn in historic gazetteers

Redbourn in the Domesday Book